Archive for October, 2009
How God Came Back: Gordon, Cox and West
Click to listen to the “Matters of Faith” conversation with Harvey Cox, Mary Gordon, Cornel West and Chris Lydon. (43 minutes, 20 mb mp3)
This is a book-fair exchange that caught fire around a current version of the old graffiti duel: “God is dead,” signed Nietzsche. Then, “Nietzsche is dead,” signed God. How’s …
Mark Danner: Scoring Assymetrical Warfare
Mark Danner, relentless reporter on tourture and torture, considers a balance sheet of money and morals in the global war.
Ted Sizer: Performance was the only test
Ted Sizer, the school reformer who died of cancer this week, talked with us last year about his vision (both elitist and populist): small-school eye-contact performance-tested learning for every kid.
Whose Words These Are (14): C.D. Wright
C. D. Wright, in our poetry series, speaks of her output as “a few reams of freedom.”
Chris Hedges: Requiem for the Reading Republic
Chris Hedges, the ex-New York Times war correspondent, writes believable obituaries now -- for our empire, culture and media.
Whose Words These Are (13): Michael Ansara
Michael Ansara, who made his name as a radical organizer, explains in our poetry series how to liberate your inner Wordsworth, revision by revision.
Whose Words These Are (12): Teresa Cader
In our series on poets, poet of witness Teresa Cader talks about finding her American voice.
Whose Words These Are (11): Lloyd Schwartz
Lloyd Schwartz, in our poetry series, turns plain-spoken American language cheeky, musical, sometimes heart-rending.
Donald Pease: Obama’s "Transnational" Presidency
Donald Pease, a Dartmouth scholar of novels and dreams, says Moby-Dick helps explain who Barack Obama is -- and why he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Whose Words These Are (10): Stephen Burt
Stephen Burt, in our poetry series, has a contemporary voice both comic and civic, and a prodigious memory of "the tradition."
